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CONTENTS.
PRELUDE .
PAGE
II
21
22
FIRST EVENING-
Adam's Description of Eve. (From "Paradise Lost."). JOHN MILTON....
17
Woman's Cause the Man's. (From "The Princess.") .. ALFRED TENNYSON..... 19
The Gift to Woman..
. From the Greek of ANACREON.
Lovely Woman. (From “Venice Preserved.")......... THOMAS OTWAY
Womanhood. (From "Angel in the House."). ........ COVENTRY PATMORE....
The Power of Woman..
. From the German of SCHILLER. 22
Woman...
T. BUCHANAN READ.
23
Woman....
...Fitz-GREENE HALLECK. 24
The Rose of the World. (From "Angel in the House.") COVENTRY PATMORE.... 25
What were Man without Woman ? (From "Pleasures
of Hope.")
THOMAS CAMPBELL..... 27
A Mind within..
.MARK AKENSIDE........
28
Superiority of the Affections. (From “The Spanish
Student.").....
H. W. LONGFELLOW.... 29
Right Pursuits of Women. (From “The Seasons.") .... JAMES THOMSON........ 30
Qualities of Woman. (From "Characters of Women."). ALEXANDER POPE 31
Animation in Woman. (From “Damætas.")
LORD BYRON
32
Maidenhood
.H. W. LONGFELLOW... 33
Irené ....
.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 35
Votive Wreaths. (From "Epipsychidion.")........ .PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. 38
SECOND EVENING-
The Bride. (From "Epithalamion.")
Sonnet.....
A Praise of his Lady.
Samela
Menaphon's Eclogue
Rosalynd....
.EDMUND SPENSER ......
.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
.JOHN HEYWOOD
ROBERT GREENE
.ROBERT GREENE
THOMAS LODGE.
45
49
51
52
54
PAGR
Who is Sylvia ? (From "Two Gentlemen of
Verona."). .......
.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE....... 55
Charis : ....
BEN JONSON.
1. Triumph of Charis
56
11. Discourse with Cupid..
57
Pictures of the Body and of the Mind :.
1. The Picture of the Body .
59
II. The Picture of the Mind
60
A Vision of Beauty. (From “ The New Inn.")... BEN JONSON.
63
On Lucy, Countess of Bedford .....
. BEN JONSON..
64
The Sleeping Beauty. (From “Woman Pleased.") BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.... 64
Song. (From "The False One.")..... ..BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.... 65
The Song of Tavy
WILLIAM BROWNE....
65
To his Mistress
SIR HENRY WOTTON..... 66
Ask me no more where Jove bestows..
THOMAS CAREW....
67
Julia.......
... ROBERT HERRICK ....
68
Description of Castara
WILLIAM HABINGTON... 69
The Bride. (From "A Ballad of a Wedding.")..SIR JOHN SUCKLING
70
Song
RICHARD LOVELACE
72
Upon Combing the Hair ....
..LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY, 72
My All. (From "A Pastoral Courtship."). THOMAS RANDOLPH....
73
THOMAS RANDOLPH......
74
To a Lady admiring Herself in a Looking-Glass. .THOMAS RANDOLPH...
There is a Garden in her Face
.RICHARD ALISON..
75
On a Girdle
EDMUND WALLER.
76
To Amoret
. EDMUND WALLER....
77
81
THIRD EVENING-
(The Selections for this Evening are all by ALFRED TENNYSON.)
Lilian.
Isabel..
Madeline
Adeline.....
Margaret.
Eleanore.
The Miller's Daughter. (From "The Miller's Daughter.")
The Gardener's Daughter. (From "The Gardener's Daughter.")..
Maud. (From "Maud.").......
Rosalind ......
A Dream of Fair Women
82
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85
88
90
95
96
102
106
108
PAGB
I21
122
FOURTH EVENING-
The Birth of Portraiture. (From "Evenings in Greece."). THOMAS MOORE
Lesbia hath a Beaming Eye......
THOMAS MOORE
Black and Blue Eyes
.. THOMAS MOORE
124
To Nea ....
125
Oh, once I loved a Bonnie Lass...
.ROBERT BURNS......... 127
My Nannie, O .....
.ROBERT BURNS.
128
Jessie ...
.. ROBERT BURNS......... 130
Bonnie Lesley
.ROBERT BURNS......... 130
The Lass o' Ballochmyle.
... ROBERT BURNS.
131
Highland Mary
... ROBERT BURNS......... 133
Annie Laurie
... DOUGLAS OF FINGLAND.. 134
My Blythe an' Bonnie Lassie...
JAMES HOGG........ 135
When Maggy gangs away..
.JAMES HOGG........
136
The Lass of Gleneslan-Mill.
.ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.... 137
There lives a Young Lassie
.JOHN IMLAH...
138
The Nameless Lassie ....
.JAMES BALLANTYNE .... 139
Mary Dhu..
. DAVID MACBETH MOIR.. 140
Jessie, the Flower o' Dumblane....
ROBERT TANNAHILL.... 141
The Banks of the Lee ......
THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS. 142
The Pretty Girl of Loch Dan
.SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON.. 143
Kitty Neil...
..JOHN FRANCIS WALLER. 146
Molly Carew.
.SAMUEL LOVER......... 147
Lovely Mary Donnelly.
..WILLIAM ALLINGHAM... 150
Oh! were my Love .
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM... 151
..From the Greek of ANACREON......... 155
..From the Greek of THEOCRITUS....... 156
FIFTH EVENING
The Portrait
Helen's Epithalamion.....
From the Greek Anthology:
Meleager ...
Philodemus
Asclepiades.....
Paul the Silentiary
Sulpicia....
Beatrice....
To Laura's Eyes....
Leonora ...
To Vittoria Colonna..
The Might of One Fair Face...
157
159
160
.. From the Latin of TIBULLUS.
..From the Italian of DANTE........ 162
From the Italian of PETRARCH. 164
... From the Italian of TASSO...
167
... From the Italian of MICHAEL ANGELO. 168
.From the Italian of MICHAEL ANGELO. 168
Myrrha's Eyes....... From the Italian of ANGELO POLIZIANO.
169
Tuscan Love-Songs .
170
My wand'ring Thoughts awake to
Love anew........
From the Romanic of LE CHÂTELAIN DE Coucy. 171
She's fairer than my Dreams..... . From the Romanic of ELIAS CAIREL
173
I must be worthy of her Love.... From the Romanic of RAIMOND DE MIRAVALS... 174
Virelay ....
.From the French of JEAN FROISSART........... 175
The Fairest Thing in Mortal Eyes. From the French of CHARLES, DUKE OF OR-
LEANS...
176
To Mary Stuart..
. From the French of PIERRE DE RONSARD....... 178
How fair she is !.... From the French of BÉRANGER..
179
A Love-Song. .From the French of LAMARTINE.
180
A Serenade. . From the French of P. DUPONT...
184
All-all is Love.. From the French of VICTOR HUGO.....
185
My Mistress. From the French of AUGUSTE BRIZEUX.
186
The Praise of Woman .From the German of SCHILLER.
187
The Song of Songs . .. From the German of HEINE...
189
Love's Salutation... .. From the German of HEINE,
191
Women.....
..From the Spanish of CRISTOVAL DE CASTILLEJO. 192
Sylvia's Smile
From the Spanish of FRANCISCO DE BORJA Y
ESQUILACHE.
193
Praise of Little Women.. From the Spanish of JUAN RUIZ DE HITA....... 194
How fair the Maiden l. .From the Portuguese of GIL VICENTE.. 196
Amanda
..From the Swedish of ERIC JOHAN STAGNELIUS. 197
SIXTH EVENING-
Vanessa. (From "Cadenus and Vanessa.") ...JONATHAN SWIFT...
201
To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu..
.ALEXANDER POPE
205
A Comparison...
WILLIAM COWPER..
206
A Portrait. (From "Tales of the Hall.").. .GEORGE CRABBE..
To a Highland Girl
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH..... 207
Genevieve
..SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. 209
Song to Fanny...
JAMES SMITH......
209
Caroline......
THOMAS CAMPBELL.......
The Girl of Cadiz...
.LORD BYRON..
She walks in Beauty
214
To Mary, on receiving her Picture
.LORD BYRON
An Eve in her Eden. (From “The Sensitive-Plant.") PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.... 216
Ruth....
THOMAS HOOD...
217
Fair Ines...
.THOMAS HOOD..
218
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